Book Meme
(Reposted from 2005...so book counts, etc., are out of date!)
Number of books that I own: 4,719 paper books, plus another 1,671 eBooks of various sizes and formats (there's about a 10 to 15% overlap in titles between paper and electronic). Plus a collection of astronomy-related magazines that stretches back to before I was born by a couple of decades.
Last book I bought: Several volumes of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, the volumes by Lord Dunsany.
Last book I read:
A Heritage of Stars by Clifford D. Simak. To get a YTD listing, you can always take a look here (for whatever year we are in).
Five books that mean a lot to me:
1. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I've read it dozens of times since I first encountered it in the late 1960's.
2. Starlight Nights by Leslie Peltier. A book on amateur astronomy, nature and travel that I re-read practically every year, especially when I am depressed.
3. The World, The Flesh and The Devil by J.D. Bernal. An amazing essay on the future of mankind.
4. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein. One of my favorite books by a favorite author.
5. Just about anything and everything by Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Of course!
6. Just about anything, but especially City, The Goblin Reservation, Way Station and several collections of short stories by Clifford D. Simak.
7. Just about anything and everything by Poul Anderson.
Yep, that's more than five books. So what?
So...who will be next in the meme?
Addendum: I remembered that Professor Hall at Spacecraft did this one back in May 2005.
Posted by Fred Kiesche at May 29, 2007 11:40 AM